Virtual Same-Sex Marriage is Thriving in This Online Fantasy Game

You can play as an orc or dark elf in loads of massively multiplayer online games. But you can’t marry someone of the same gender in most of them. That’s not the case in Nexon’s Mabinogi. The marriage guide for the cartoony role-playing game explicitly states that “a wedding can take place between two players…

The First Time I Played The Last of Us…

… was a year ago, but it was brief, just to prove that it was a real game so I could vote for it for a pre-release E3 game critic’s award… The second time I played the game was last night. And, as you can see above and below, it really does look that damn…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: It’s crossover craziness as GiantBoyDetective begins a new feature where he looks at games inside cartoons. And his opposite number TinyManCriminal runs down TV shows inside video games. Great entries, both of ‘em. And you can always go join the voices talking about video games…

If Nintendo Did Ever Make A Phone, Maybe It’d Look Like This

Now, I don’t think Nintendo will make a smartphone, nor do I think Nintendo should ever make a smartphone. But this concept video is too cool not to share. Created by the folks at T3, this video shows what a Nintendo Phone (WiiPhone?) could look like. And… it looks kind of awesome. I kind of…

Moneysaver One-Shot: Studio Ghibli Friday

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art cheaper. Our coverage of Amazon’s Mayhem Sale on 1500 games has been our most popular post ever. The sale is still going, so get in there. Looking for the current Moneysaver? Click here Amazon’s Gold Box deal today features many of Studio Ghibli’s films at…

A Much Deeper Look at Pikmin 3

You’ll be using the Wii U gamepad in a different way to control to the three new characters in the third installment of Nintendo’s too-cute strategy series. Alph, Brittany and Charlie are all astronauts trying to save their home planet by bringing food back. Pikmin 3— which comes out on August 4th in North America—looks…

As part of their partnership with Sega, Nintendo will release a whole bunch of Game Gear games on the 3DS Virtual Console. Full list below.

Nintendo Re-Writes Rules of E3, Letting the Public Play…At Best Buy

Nintendo will make several of their unreleased Wii U games playable at more than 100 Best Buy locations during the week of E3, according to Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. Details are scarce, but it appears to mean that, instead of squeezing into the Los Angeles Convention Center during the week of June 10…

Here Are All of Today’s Nintendo Direct Announcements In One Video

In case you just missed Nintendo’s latest stream of Direct To You announcements, you can check out the full video here. The gist? There’s a little bit of Sonic. A little more of Sonic plus some Mario. Some old school Zelda, thanks to the Virtual Console. Luigi gets the spotlight. Japan gets another thing we…

New Super Luigi U Gets A Full Retail Release August 25

Nintendo’s Luigi-centric remake of New Super Marios Bros. is hitting the Wii U in two varieties this summer. Owners of the original game can download New Super Luigi U for $19.99, while folks that may have say, traded in their original copy already, can purchase the game as a standalone product for $29.99 on August…

Platinum Games’ swarm-of-super-heroes action game The Wonderful 101will launch on the Wii U on September 15. We’ve liked what we’ve played, so this is good news!

Nintendo and Sega just announced Miku Hatsune: Project Mirai 2 for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan. It will have new songs and more features than the previous game.

Yakuza 1 & 2 Coming to Wii U in HD for Japan

Sega and Nintendo just announced that PlayStation 2 crime saga Yakuza 1 and its sequel Yakuza 2 are headed to the Wii U in Japan. The games are getting HD makeovers, and will take advantage of the Wii U GamePad via in-game maps and GamePad only play. This is the first time the series has…

The Next Sonic Game Is A Nintendo Exclusive [UPDATE 2]

Sonic Lost World, the next Sonic game, will launch exclusively on the Wii U and 3DS, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said today in a Nintendo Direct video. It’s part of a new Nintendo-Sega partnership. UPDATE: A Sega press release indicates that this is a three-game deal: “Sonic the Hedgehog has proven incredibly successful on Nintendo…

Old school Legend of Zelda games Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons will be out on May 30th for the 3DS Virtual Console. The games will be $5.99 each but a special promotion will have them at $4.99 through June 20th

Mario & Sonic At The Olympics Coming To Wii U

The Wii U’s next big sports game will star Mario and Sonic. The next Mario & Sonic At The Olympics game is coming to the Wii U. No word on a release date yet, but it’ll take place in Sochi, Russia, where the real 2014 Winter Olympics will also occur. With EA pulling support from…

Killzone Mercenary Is The Vita FPS With Crotch-Stabbing

The PlayStation Vita is a good, powerful handheld machine that’s run some piss-poor first-person shooters. After rushed, clunky Resistance and Call of Duty shooters, the system will get a Killzone in September. It merely needs to be mediocre to improve Vita FPSing dramatically. After having played the Vita’s Killzone: Mercenary last night at a Sony…

There’s a Nintendo Direct coming this morning at 10am Eastern. You can watch it right here, or keep up with Kotaku for live coverage of 3DS/Wii U news as it happens.

A Fünke Bit of Arrested Development Makes These Capcom Games Amazing

Arrested Development’s imminent return means that its stars have turned up in the weirdest places. Like frozen banana stands in various cities. And while Tobias Fünke’s sizzle reel had a brief snippet of video games in it, Capcom’s taken things to a whole new level. The publisher of Street Fighter and Dragon’s Dogma took David…

The Inevitable Minecraft Parody of Psy’s “Gentleman” is Here

Worldwide musical sensation Psy spends the entirety of his music video for “Gentleman” griefing real people. Now it’s time to grief some virtual block folks. StageFiveTV made the vid with the easy-to-use Mine-Imator, deftly capturing the spirit of Psy’s performance without having to spend too much time building sets. With such powerful tools readily available,…